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Intel Core i5-11600 vs Intel Core i9-9990XE

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-11600
Rank 2 - 88 %
Intel Core i9-9990XE
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 54 %
Intel Core i5-11600
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i9-9990XE
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-11600
6C / 12T · 4.80 GHz
1,574
Intel Core i9-9990XE
14C / 28T · 5.10 GHz
1,392
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-11600
6C / 12T · 2.80 GHz
7,422
Intel Core i9-9990XE
14C / 28T · 4.00 GHz
16,199

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At a glance

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Intel Core i5-11600Intel Core i9-9990XE
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Core i9 (81)
CPU groupIntel Core i 11000 (22)Intel Core i 9000X (8)
ArchitectureRocket Lake SSkylake X Refresh
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1200LGA 2066
PredecessorIntel Core i5-10600
SuccessorIntel Core i5-12600

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i5-11600Intel Core i9-9990XE
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 1214 / 28
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 6x 14x
Frequency: 2.80 GHz 4.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.80 GHz 5.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache3.00 MB
L3-Cache12.00 MB19.25 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-11600Intel Core i9-9990XE
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 750no iGPU
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.30 GHz
CUs / Shader32 / 256 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory64 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ1/2021

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i5-11600Intel Core i9-9990XE
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-11600Intel Core i9-9990XE
MemoryDDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
DDR4-2666 (85.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB128 GB
Memory channels24
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.0 x 203.0 x 44
PCIe Bandwidth39.4 GB/s43.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i5-11600Intel Core i9-9990XE
TDP65 W255 W
TDP (PL2)154 W @ 56 s
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C84 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-11600Intel Core i9-9990XE
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release dateQ1/2021Q2/2019
Release price213 $2999 $
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Intel Core i5-11600
Intel Core i5-11600
6C / 12T · 2.80 - 4.80 GHz
Intel Core i9-9990XE
Intel Core i9-9990XE
14C / 28T · 4.00 - 5.10 GHz

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